Tamás Waliczky
Tamás Waliczky is a Hungarian artist and animator, known for his new media art.
Biography
Tamás Waliczky started out by creating cartoon films, whilst working as a painter, illustrator and photographer. He began working with computers in 1983. He was artist-in-residence at the Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie in 1992, and subsequently a member of the Institute's research staff. Later taking up a guest professorship at the Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar in Saarbrücken.Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences in Gifu, Japan, chose Waliczky as artist-in-residence for 1998 to 1999.
From 2003 until 2005, he was professor at Institut für Mediengestaltung, Fachhochschule Mainz. From 2005 to 2010, he was at HBK Saar, this time as a full-time professor. As of 2010, he is a professor at the School of Creative Media at the City University of Hong Kong.
His works have won numerous international awards, including the 1989 Golden Nica at the Prix Ars Electronica, Linz, and has been shown in several exhibitions worldwide, including the Lyon Biennale, the ICC Gallery Tokyo, and the Multimediale Karlsruhe. His works are currently in several public collections, including the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris or the Ludwig Museum, Budapest.
Tamas Waliczky has been selected to represent Hungary at the 58th Venice Biennale, in 2019.
Notable work
This is a select list of notable work by Waliczky, in order by date completed.- Imaginary Cameras, 2016–2019
- Reflections, 2014
- Micromovements in Snapshots, 2014
- Wheels, 2013
- Homes, 2012, 2015
- Adventures of Tom Tomiczky, 2011
- Marionettes, 2007
- The fisherman and his wife, 2000
- Focus, 1998
- Sculptures, 1997
- Landscape, 1996
- The way, 1994
- The Forest, 1993
- The Garden, 21st Century Amateur Film, 1992
- Conversation, 1990
- Memory of Moholy-Nagy, 1990
- Is there any room for me here?, 1988
- Pictures, 1988